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Carnivorous Plants

paperback – September 15, 2000
by Slack, Adrian
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ISBN-13: 9780262690898 ISBN-10: 0262690896
Publisher
MIT Press
Binding
paperback
Published
September 15, 2000
Weight
2.2 lbs
Dimensions
1.90×20.50×26.30 cm

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Carnivorous Plants by Slack, Adrian. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780262690898.

Adrian Slack focuses on some fifty species, using photographs, line drawings, and diagrams to illustrate their peculiarities. The mobile tentacles of the Sundews, the snapping lobes of the Venus Fly Trap, and the slippery, baited pitfalls of the Pitcher Plants seem the stuff of science fiction, yet these amazing plants do exist. Adrian Slack focuses on some fifty species, using photographs, line drawings, and diagrams to illustrate their peculiarities. He explores in detail the wily manner in which each type of plant entices, catches, and digests its prey.